Once again the annual Educon event was an amazing learning experience. I decided to share a couple of learning points by bringing a few reflection points through this video.
On a another note, it was great to have a opportunity to try out Google Glasses too!!!
Happy pondering and learning.
Learning at Educon by @fryed
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~Mark
Educon 2.6 got off to a great start tonight with the panel discussion on creating a more open and transparent world. As anticipated, the excellent panel presented a variety of views and thoughtful insights. I thought I would share a few points in an effort to encourage you to reflect on some of the points raised in the discussion.
I have selected a few tweets from the 100’s that were posted that connect to these points.
Will your reflections lead to change? renewed commitment to “the cause”? improved practice? attention to nurturing those around you? a more open approach? It is your journey. Make it worthy of the best student learning possible.
~Mark
Do you spend a lot of time in your car? You might like to leverage your livescribe pen while on the go and, literally, on the road.
Simple simple tech tip:
First up for me will be my livescribed session of Audrey Watters’ excellent session at Educon on the Politics of Ed Tech on one of my road trips this week.
Related Resources
Read Audrey’s blog at Hack Education
~Mark
I have had two great opportunities to talk about Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) to support student learning — at the Brock U.Teaching with Technology Showcase (Brock U Faculty of Education) and at the Educon 2.4 event.
The discussions covered considerable territory – benefits, challenges and implications for both pre-service and existing teacher training. In my organization, BYOD is certainly a strategy intended to augment access and not replace Board owned equipment. From an IT perspective, building the right infrastructure with sufficient capacity is a critical path forward to support student learning.
There is certainly a wide range of devices that could support learning. I have been pondering the desired functionality needed in any device to support student learning. Here is my initial take on a function list.
Notes/read: take notes, read common file formats such as pdf and ebook files,
Web enabled: browse web (consume info, research), bookmark, interact with online databases, RSS
Share/Collaborate: write/publish a blog, support wiki use, google docs etc
Digital StoryTelling: capture audio, video, combine with text
Communicate: email, support for standard Social Media tools (FB/Twitter/G+) etc.
Other: good battery life, strong wifi signal
I need your feedback. How thorough is my list? What is missing? Should anything come off the list? What should be added?
Please leave a comment with your ideas, or share an idea with me on Twitter.
~Mark
I thought I would share a few of my ‘non’ Educon pictures from the conference trip.
1. The original Liberty Bell.
2. These giant iPods are statues in front of City Hall. These are actually domino pieces photographed from the ‘non dot’ side.
3. A room of presidential statues with yours truly attempting to blend in with the famous crowd.
4. Street musician.
5. Now this is cool tech! A car battery is used to power the speaker, an iPod generates the music (on white & yellow box), a few connecting boxes and a wireless mic (with musician).
6. The Philadelphia Apple Store at 16th & Walnut.
I had a great time at Educon 2.3 – a fabulous conference and learning experience.
~ Mark
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